Events of the year 2026 in Israel.
Incumbents
President of Israel – Isaac Herzog Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Amit
Events January
1 January — Israel orders the banning effective 1 March of 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with its revised regulations on the disclosure of detailed information on their Palestinian staff. 4 January — A Bedouin man is killed in an overnight police raid in Tirabin al-Sana. 5 January – The Ministry of Communications approves the delivery of equipment necessary to upgrade Palestinian cellular networks from 3G to 4G in the West Bank. United States-mediated talks between Israel and Syria are held to revive the 1974 disengagement framework resume after a several-month hiatus, with Syria pressing for an Israeli withdrawal from territory entered after the fall of the Assad regime. Three Arab Israelis are killed in two separate shootings in Nazareth and Kafr Qara. 6 January – Foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar visits Somaliland for the first time since Israel recognized its independence the month prior. A bus strikes a group protesting against Haredi conscription into the IDF in Jerusalem, killing one and injuring three others. 13 January – Israel withdraws from seven United Nations-affiliated agencies over their perceived anti-Israel bias or ineffectiveness. 14 January – The United States announces the start of the second phase of the Gaza peace plan. 19 January –Two children are killed and 55 others are injured following an incident at a daycare in Romema, Jerusalem. 20 January – Israel starts demolishing buildings at the main UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem. 21 January – National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir allows the issuance of gun licences to residents of 18 Israeli settlements in the West Bank. 26 January – The body of Ran Gvili is recovered by the IDF from northern Gaza, ending the Gaza war hostage crisis. 30 January – Ariel Seidman, the Israeli chargé d'affaires to South Africa, is expelled from Israel's embassy in Pretoria in response to insults against president Cyril Ramaphosa. Israel responds by banning South African representative to Palestine Shaun Byneveldt from its territory. The United States approves four weapons purchase agreements to Israel valued at $6.67 billion. 31 January – Around 40,000 people protest in Habima Square, Tel Aviv, against perceived government neglect against Arab citizens of Israel amid rising crime rates.
February
2 February – A French judge issues arrest warrants for two French-Israeli citizens, accusing them of "complicity and incitement to genocide" for blocking humanitarian aid trucks en route to Gaza. 4 February – Twelve people, including IDF troops, are charged by the Ministry of Justice with assisting Hamas by smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of products into Gaza. 6 February – A bus crashes into a kiosk in Ramat Gan, injuring 10 people, one seriously. 8 February – The security cabinet passes bills to increase Israel's control over its occupied territories in the West Bank, which are widely denounced as efforts to annex the territory. 10 February – Venezuela delivers its first crude oil shipment to Israel in several years. Two female IDF soldiers are attacked by a crowd of Haredi men in Bnei Brak, resulting in 23 arrests. 23 February – Israel designates the online Palestinian media platforms Al Asima News, Quds Plus, Alquds Albawsala, Maraj and Maydan Alquds as terrorist organizations, accusing connections to Hamas. 25 February – Somaliland appoints Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud as its first ambassador to Israel. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi becomes the first recipient of the Medal of the Knesset, the Knesset's highest award, during his visit to Israel. 27 February – The Supreme Court of Israel allows aid groups barred for refusing to comply with new Israeli regulations to continue operating in Gaza and other Palestinian territories while it considers the case. 28 February – 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran: Israel and the United States launch a major attack on Iran with the stated goal of regime change(debatable) , the attacks successfully eliminate its supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and a number of other high ranking officials. The Cabinet of Israel declares a state of emergency and closes country’s airspace.
March 1 March – Eight people are killed and 28 others are wounded in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem District. 2 March – 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran: Hezbollah carries out an aerial attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. In response, Israel launches a military operation in Lebanon. 3 March – Following a series of drone and rocket attacks by Hezbollah, the IDF launch a ground offensive into Lebanon, capturing several positions along the Israel—Lebanon border. The Israeli Air Force strikes the Presidential Administration of Iran and Supreme National Security Council buildings in Tehran, Iran, with "multiple munitions". 4 March – The IDF reports that an Israeli F-35 had shot down an Iranian YAK-130 over Tehran, the first time the IAF shot down an aircraft since 1985. 6 March – An Israeli IAI Heron drone is shot down over Khuzestan province, Iran. 8 March – Joint airstrikes by Israel and the United States are carried out against oil facilities in Tehran and other Iranian cities, killing at least four truck drivers and causing large fires. 11 March – Spain permanently withdraws its ambassador to Israel and terminates the position after a worsening of bilateral diplomatic relations. Hezbollah launches over 100 rockets at Israel, injuring five civilians in Upper Galilee. 12 March – A rabbi is seriously injured in a stabbing in Ramat Gan, as police suspect a terrorist motive. The IDF drops charges against five soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention camp. Hezbollah launches over 200 rockets and 20 UAVs at northern Israel, injuring two people. 13 March – At least 58 people are injured by Iranian ballistic missile strikes on northern Israel. 16 March – The IAF carries out airstrikes on the Iranian Space Research Center in Tehran, saying that it was being used for potential space warfare activities against Israeli satellites. The IDF's 91st Division launches a ground operation against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, expanding a buffer zone along the border. 17 March – Israel assassinates Ali Larijani, Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani, following airstrikes on Tehran. 18 March – Two people are killed in an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan. Israel assassinates Iranian intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib following airstrikes on Tehran. 20 March – The IDF strikes Syrian military sites, including command and control centres and supply depots, in the south of the country, in response to Syrian government attacks on the Druze population. 21 March – More than 31 people are injured, including a 10-year-old, by Iranian ballistic missile attacks on Dimona. Iran says it targeted Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center. 22 March – Fifteen people are injured in central Israel in Iranian missile attacks. One person is killed after a rocket fired from Lebanon struck a vehicle near Israel's northern border, marking the first reported Israeli fatality from cross-border fire since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed earlier in March. 24 March – Shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile wounds three people, including a two-month-old baby, in a Bedouin community in the Negev. Hezbollah rocket fire kills a woman and injures two in Northern Israel. Defense minister Israel Katz states that the IDF will control a "security zone" up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until the threat of Hezbollah is removed. 25 March – Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. Nine people are injured in Israel after seven salvos of ballistic missiles by Iran. One person is killed and 11 are injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in Nahariya. 26 March – Nine people are injured in after seven salvos of ballistic missiles by Iran. One person is killed and 11 are injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in Nahariya. 27 March – One man is killed and several are injured by Iranian ballistic missile attacks on central and southern Israel. The IAF strikes a uranium processing facility in Yazd, Iran. There are no casualties or radiation leaks, according to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. 28 March – The Houthis join the 2026 Iran war, conducting a ballistic missile attack towards Israel and triggering air raid sirens in Beersheba. Around 18 people are arrested during nationwide anti-war protests against the Iran war, including 13 in Tel Aviv and 5 in Haifa. Protests are also held in Jerusalem and Beersheba. 29 March – For the first time, the Israel Police block the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Palm Sunday. An Iranian missile hits the Makhteshim chemical plant in southern Israel. A warning for the leakage of hazardous materials is issued for the immediate vicinity of the site. 30 March – The IDF withdraws the Netzah Yehuda Battalion from the West Bank after its members detain and assault a CNN crew in Tayasir. The Knesset passes a bill allowing for mandatory executions of Palestinians convicted of terrorist attacks that kill Israelis. A missile barrage from Iran and Lebanon causes a fire at the BAZAN oil refinery in Haifa.
April 1 April – Ten people are injured, including a girl from Bnei Brak in critical condition, after a missile barrage from Iran. Israeli airstrikes kill seven people, including the Hezbollah commander for Iraq, and injure dozens in Beirut and nearby Khalde. The IDF reports the interception of a missile launched by the Houthis. 2 April – An Iranian ballistic missile strike damages a drone factory in Petah Tikva. 4 April – An Iranian missile hits the vicinity of the IDF's HaKirya headquarters in Tel Aviv. 5 April – An Iranian missile hits a residential building in Haifa, killing four people and injuring nine others, including one seriously. The IDF says that it has killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of trade at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran. 6 April Iranian missiles hit 15 areas in Israel. A woman is seriously injured in Petah Tikva, while two other people are injured in Tel Aviv. In Haifa, four people are also slightly injured by a cluster bomb. Left-wing activists protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Iran. 8 April – Hezbollah fires rockets towards northern Israel in response to the 8 April 2026 Lebanon attacks. 14 April – The first direct diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon since 1993 are held in Washington, DC. 17 April – A 10-day truce between Lebanon and Israel comes into effect. 19 April – Argentine President Javier Milei begins a three-day state visit to Israel to inaugurate the first El Al flight between Israel and Argentina, reinforce Argentina's support for Israel and the US in the Iran war, and advance the plans to move the Argentine embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 22 April – Ethiopian-Israeli pizza worker Yemanu Binyamin Zelka is stabbed to death by a group of teenagers in Petah Tikva. 23 April – President Trump says that Israel and Lebanon agreed to a three week extension of the ceasefire. 24 April – Prime Minister Netanyahu announces that he had been treated for early stage-prostate cancer. 26 April – Israel appoints its first ambassador to Somaliland.
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